Game-board



No. 625,623. Patented May 23, I899.

r. WIEGANDK. r. DOKENWADEL.

GAME BOARD.

(Application filed Apr. 17, 1899.) 2 (No Model 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

XW ai/ TNE Non ms PETERS co FHOTQUTHO WASHINGTON. a c.

No. 625,623. Y Patented May 23, 8899.

F. WIEGAND & F; DOKENWADEL. GAME BOARD.

(Application filed Apr. 17, 1899.) (.No'Mudel.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

NiTED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

FRANZ W'IEGAND AND FREDRICK DOKENVVADEL, OF PHILADELPHIA,

' PENNSYLVANIA.

GAME-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,623, dated May 23,1899..

Application filed April 17, 1899. Serial No. 713,394. (No model-l TocoZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, FRANZ WIEGAND and FREDRIOK DOKENWADEL, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Game-Boards, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to construct a new game-board in whichpins are mounted in compartments and are struck by a rotating top, asfully described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of ourimproved board, showing the cover or table-top removed. Fig. 2 is a planView; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3, Fig. 2, with thetabletop elevated.

A is the base of the game-board, mounted in the present instance onsuitable legs a. On the base are side boards A and end boards A andextending from one side board to the other are partitions B 13, havingopenings 1) b, respectively, for the passage of the spinning-top C. Inthe present instance the partition B has three openings b, and thepartition B has a single opening 17 at the center. Thus threecommunicating compartments D D D are formed. Each compartment is in theform of an octagon. Corner-pieces 01 form the octagon-shaped compartmentD, while corner-pieces d form the octagon-shaped compartment D. Thecorner-pieces d of the compartment D have niches d for the reception ofpins I.

The bottom A of the board is on a slight incline from the compartment Dtothe compartment D as shown in Fig. 3. The top 0 has a head 0 and ashank c, on which the cord 0 is wound. This cord is provided with asuitable handle by which it can be drawn. The top is adapted to a pocket6 in the'end board A and the cord 0 passes through a slot e in the endboard.

The pins I are in the form of ordinary tenpins in miniature, and thereare preferably nine pinsin each compartment, the pins in thecompartments D D being grouped at the center, and in the compartment Dfive pins are arranged at the center and one pin in each niche, as shownin Fig. 2. We have the king-pin five points, while the pins in thecompartment D may count two and the king pin ten, and the pins in thecenter of the" compartment D may count three, the kingpin fifteen, andthe pins in the niches d may count twenty-five points each as it. ismore difficult to strike these pins than the pins at the center of theboard. 1

In playing the game the pins are set as shown in the plan view Fig. 2,the top is placed in position in its pocket, and a finger is placed onthe top, so as to steady it. The string is then drawn quickly, rotatingthe top, which will free itself of the string andimmediately start off,striking in some instances one or more pins in the compartment D beforestriking the sides, and again striking the sides and deflecting andstriking the pins. The top -will eventually pass through the openings 12in the partition B, and it will repeat the movement in the compartmentD, striking down one or more of the pins, and will pass through theopening in the partition B to the last compartment D and while rotatingtherein will strike down one or all of the pins at the center and insome instances one or more of the pins arranged in the corner-niches.

In order to make the top travel from the section D to the section D thebottom of the board, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, is slightly inclined.Thus while the top will readily rebound in striking the sides of any oneof the compartments it will travel toward the compartment D and if it isin the second compartment D it will not reenter the compartment D, owingto the incline of the bottom, and likewise it willynot reenter thecompartment D when it is in the compartment D We preferably provide atable-top E for the game-board, so that the game-board can be used as atable when it is not wished to play the game, and we preferably coverthe upper edges of the sides, ends, and partitions with felt or othersuitable material, so that the table-top will fit snugly in position,although this is not essential; but the felt adds materially to theappearance of the board.

We claim as our invention 1. A game-board having three compartments, thebottom of the game-board being inclined from the first compartment tothe last, openings in each of the partitions forming the compartments, atop adapted to spin in the several compartments and to pass through theopenings in the partitions, and pins arranged in the severalcompartments, substantially as described.

2. The combination in a game-board having sides and ends and twopartitions, dividing the game-board into three compartments, acontinuous inclined bottom inclined from the first to the lastcompartment, corner-pieces making each compartment octagonal, two ormore openings in the first partition and asingle opening in the secondpartition, pins in the several compartments and arranged substantiallyas described, and a top adapted to a socket in the first compartment andadapted to spin and travel through the several compartments,substantially as described.

3. The combination in agame-board having sides and ends and twopartitions, with corner-filling pieces in each compartment, threeopenings in the first partition for the passage of a top and a singleopening in the second partition for the passage of a top, thecornerpieces in the third compartment having niches in which pins can beset, with a series of pins in each compartment arranged substantially asdescribed, a top adapted to a pocket in the Wall of the firstcompartment, and a slot through which the spinning-cord is drawn,substantially as described.

4. The combination of a game-board having an inclined bottom, withpartitions dividing the game-board into three compartments, pinsarranged in the three compartments substantially as described, and a topadapted to spin in the several compartments, openings in the partitionsthrough which the top can pass, with a table-top adapted to close thegameboard so that the structure can be used as a table when not in useas a game-board, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANZ WIEGAND. FREDRICK DOKENWADEL. Witnesses:

WILL. A. BARR,- J os. H. KLEIN.

